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·Opened up my P3 Bulova Pacific Coast Athletic Association tournament trophy self winder (had to in order to remount the crown which had come unscrewed) expecting to find a Japanese movement, the 34.5 mm gold tone case is marked Bulova Hong Kong on the inside of the back, but found it has a Swiss made 17 jewel A Schilde movement. Difficult to read the really tiny markings even with a loupe but there appear to be the numbers 530822.
Here's all I've found on this movement. Here used in a P3 Bulova diver watch.
"This is an AS 530822, and seems to be the last gasp of the Swiss ebauche maker. In this case, no modifications have been done by Bulova, save to ink stamp their name on the rotor. "
"I should mention that the Hong Kong case is not unusual, higher end watch companies had been using cases made there since the late fifties. (And stamped 'Swiss' to boot) Bulova was not one of them until much later in the game. "
https://www.mybulova.com/forums/1983-bulova-divers-watch
My rotor looks a bit different, more simplified, possibly a bit larger in surface area. The finish of the movement parts of my watch is of a extremely high polish compared to the crude look of the diver's innards ,otherwise the movement appears to be identical.
My watch shows much nicer workmanship all around, as one might expect for a trophy watch.
Think I'll start looking for new case back and crown seals.
Here's all I've found on this movement. Here used in a P3 Bulova diver watch.
"This is an AS 530822, and seems to be the last gasp of the Swiss ebauche maker. In this case, no modifications have been done by Bulova, save to ink stamp their name on the rotor. "
"I should mention that the Hong Kong case is not unusual, higher end watch companies had been using cases made there since the late fifties. (And stamped 'Swiss' to boot) Bulova was not one of them until much later in the game. "
https://www.mybulova.com/forums/1983-bulova-divers-watch
My rotor looks a bit different, more simplified, possibly a bit larger in surface area. The finish of the movement parts of my watch is of a extremely high polish compared to the crude look of the diver's innards ,otherwise the movement appears to be identical.
My watch shows much nicer workmanship all around, as one might expect for a trophy watch.
Think I'll start looking for new case back and crown seals.
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